Henry Royce
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Henry Royce's French design office banned telephones to eliminate distractions
“To ensure a minimum of distraction, the office was forbidden the luxury of a telephone.”
Rolls-Royce operated across three dispersed hubs for design, management, and manufacturing
“The control of the company was vested in three widely dispersed groups. All designing was carried out in the south of France. That's where Royce is. All the directors except Royce were based in London and all the production stayed at the Derby works”
Rolls-Royce concentrated all engineering resources on a single car model
“The other vital early decision made by the new company was to concentrate on one model. And now that Royce had produced a model superior to all its rivals, Rolls Royce would devote its energies exclusively to this model. Instead of diluting his skills over thr…”
Senra: Relentlessness wins because aggregated unseen details become visible
“What they all have in common is they were relentless, and relentlessness wins because in aggregate, unseen details become visible.”
David Senra: Build world-class businesses by refining existing products, not inventing
“You can actually build world-class products and an amazing business without having to invent anything new. His main talent was an ability to observe, Think about and then improve on existing machines and products.”